{"nrhp_refnum":"84003682","name":"Miller, J.F., House","other_names":["Stecker,Frederick,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1600 Roxbury Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marble Cliff","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.97937144500003,"lon":-83.06101605299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, asymmetrical private residence at 1600 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff, Franklin County, Ohio, built around 1895 as a cottage for J. F. Miller and designed by Frank L. Packard.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C as an example of the residential work of Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Its design blends Stick Style massing with Carpenter Gothic details such as cutwork bargeboards and diamond-paned, pointed arched windows. It was also one of the first houses in the Marble Cliff area overlooking the Scioto River.","narrative":"Built around 1895 at 1600 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff, Ohio, this two-story cottage was designed by Columbus architect Frank L. Packard for J. F. Miller, a general superintendent for a railway system. Packard and his partner Yost listed the cottage in their 1897 book Architectural Realities. The asymmetrical house has steep gables, extended gable ends with cutwork bargeboards, exposed rafter ends, an oriel window and diamond-paned windows. Its banded wall treatment recalls the Stick Style, while the carved wood ornament and pointed arched dormer window draw on Carpenter Gothic. This eclectic approach was typical of Packard, who worked in the leading styles of his day. The house was among the first in an area that developed as a summer residence district above the Scioto River. A rear addition from the late 1950s and a screened front porch are the main changes, and some original interior woodwork and fireplaces remain.","period_of_significance":"c. 1895","architect_builder":"Frank L. Packard","architectural_style":"Mixture of Stick Style and Gothic Revival (Carpenter Gothic) influences","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition, altered by a late-1950s rear addition and a screened front porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.903379-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003682.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003682/1d6c4634f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003682/1d6c4634f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.F._Miller_House_%E2%80%94_Columbus,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:J.F._Miller_House_%E2%80%94_Columbus,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988404","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138337371"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/miller-j-f-house-84003682/"}